by ClessAlvein on Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:57 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury,
The essence of this case is the act of creating and inspiring impulses to crime. The defendant Cronus charged in the indictment with using accounts undersuch circumstances, and of such nature, as to create a danger of lawless point inflation.
In an address to the Conquer Club Legion the defendant uses words in substance and effect as follows: “I am untouchable.”
Cronus was recently welcomed home from the Cheating & Abuse forums by a turnout of 30,000 of his multis, and with greetings by 9,000 flames and QFT's — a tribute unique in our country’s history. This is the man, thus enshrined in the confidence and love of the people, against whom the mod hurls his venomous shaft.
The speech, in itself, is not important. It might be the effervescence of a shallow Captain, or the bombast of a posing Cook. It is the setting of the speech that gives it importance.
In the logic of the Mod Squad in ConquerClub, words are criminal when they “create a danger”of a criminal act. This “danger” is an inference from the nature and circumstances of the words — an inference that does not require proof by subsequent criminal events.
This is the dictum that put Cronus in suspicion. He did not advise creation of multis; nor did he advise point draining from other players; nor did his words lead to either. It was the alleged “danger” that his words might bring about these results that, in the mind of the mods, constituted the offense. And so important is this principle considered that the mods placed it above the constitution.